# Initial Setup

Send a request to <mark style="color:blue;">gw\.netnut.net</mark>:5959 using a random datacenter IP address. Use your proxy user credentials to replace USERNAME and PASSWORD and enter the relevant site URL. Note that NetNut datacenter proxies rotate automatically, assigning a new IP address for each new request.

cURL example:

<mark style="color:blue;">`curl`</mark>`-x  USERNAME-dc-any:PASSWORD@gw.netnut.net:5959 “example.site.com”`

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You can specify which country IP to use by adding the two-letter country code to your username string. For example, a request that goes through a proxy in the Netherlands would add nl, as in the example below:

<mark style="color:blue;">`curl`</mark>`-x  USERNAME-dc-nl:PASSWORD@gw.netnut.net:5959 “example.site.com”`

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See the list of country codes [here.](https://countrycode.org/)  Please note that for the United Kingdom, NetNut uses the code UK, not GB.

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Session control allows you to keep the same proxy for multiple consecutive requests. Sending requests with the same username string (session ID) will give you the same proxy IP. To do this, add sid-44575 to your string, as in the example below (can be any random string):

<mark style="color:blue;">`curl`</mark>` ``-x  USERNAME-dc-<COUNTRY CODE>-sid-917244575:PASSWORD@gw.netnut.net:5959 “example.site.com”`

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Please contact your personal account manager or our support team with any questions at <support@netnut.io>.


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